A Solemn Appeal - James White

others, tell them their trials, their troubles, their
aspirations to do some high and elevated work, and
reveal the fact that their married life is a
disappointment, a hinderance to their doing the
work they have anticipated they might do.
Oh! what wretchedness exists in families that
might be happy. These women are a curse to
themselves, and a curse to their husbands. In
supposing themselves to be angels, they make
themselves fools, and are nothing but heavy
burdens. They leave right in their path, the
common duties of life, which the Lord has left for
them to do, and are restless and complaining,
always looking for an easy, more exalted, and more
agreeable work to do. Supposing themselves to be
angels, they are found human after all. They are
fretful, peevish, dissatisfied, jealous of their
husbands because the larger portion of their time is
not spent in waiting upon them. They complain of
being neglected when their husbands are doing the
very work they ought to do. Satan finds easy access
to this class. They have no real love for any one but
themselves. Yet Satan tells them that if such an one
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